St. Anthony's School, Teluk Intan

After the War, Fr. Edmond sought to re-open the school but was hampered by a severe shortage of funds and manpower. A visit by the Assistant Superior General of the De La Salle Brothers, Brother Lawrance O'Toole, to Malaya provided Fr. Edmond the opportunity to re-open the school. In a meeting with Bro. Lawrance in Penang, Fr. Edmond suggested that the Lasallian Brothers assume the administration and oversight of the school.[3]

In 1947, the Rev. Bro. Finan Owen, FSC, was welcomed by the Fr. Edmond's successor, the Rev. Fr. Arokianathan, as the first Lasallian Brother Director of St. Anthony's School. He was subsequently succeeded by the Rev. Bro. Mathias Patrick, FSC, (1949–1950) and the Rev. Bro. Sigolin Henry Lassaud, FSC, (1950–1955).

Following the education reforms of the Razak Report in 1956, mission schools were required to follow to a common national curriculum but were still granted the autonomy of hiring their own teachers through their own Board of Governors.[4] This was facilitated by graduates of the Roman Catholic Church run Bukit Nanas Teachers' College and the St. Joseph Teachers' College in Kuala Lumpur and Penang respectively.[5] In exchange, the government provided funding in the form of grant-in-aid to the mission schools.

The Independence period saw stewardship of the school passed on to the former Director of St. Michael's Institution, the Rev. Bro. Denis Hyland, FSC. During Bro. Denis' stewardship, the school was acknowledged as one of the top English medium schools in the Lower Perak district. Bro. Denis was also instrumental in acquiring a two-acre site adjacent to the school that eventually became the school field.[3]

In 1961, the former Director of St. Patrick's School in Singapore, the Rev. Bro. Alban D'Rozario, FSC, was appointed the Director of the school. During Bro. Alban's stewardship, a three-acre site was acquired in Jalan Sungai Nibong and a new campus was built on that location to house the Primary School.[3]

Bro. Alban was succeeded by the Rev Bro. Damian Oliver, FSC, as the Director. The Sixth Form Centre was established during Bro. Damian's stewardship and the school emerged as one of Malaysia's more outstanding schools particularly in the sciences and in English language studies.[3] The school hall was also built during this period. The hall was named Dewan Damian (English: Damian Hall) in his honour during the 60th anniversary of the school in 1992.[6] Bro. Damian served until 1 July 1974 when he left to take Directorship of St. George's Institution in Taiping.

It was also in this period that further reforms in the Malaysian education system hastened the end of the Lasallian Brothers direct administration of the school. The Aziz Commission of 1971 provided for special benefits to teachers in mission schools provided they became civil servants. A majority of mission school teachers opted for this effectively ending the autonomy of mission schools in hiring their own teachers.[4] This was preceded by the closure of the two church run Teachers' Colleges after they were deaccredited by the Ministry of Education resulting in the lack of suitable candidates for direct hiring by mission schools.[5]

Bro. Damian was replaced by the Rev. Bro. Kevin Byrne, FSC, who served until 1976 who was in turn replaced by the Rev. Bro. Oliver Rogers, FSC. Bro. Oliver, who served until the following year, was to be the last Lasallian Brother to serve as Director of the school.

Mr. Toh Soon Guan became the first lay Principal of the school[7] and helped shepherd the school through the transition from the English medium to the Malay medium. St. Anthony's School remains a highly regarded institution in Teluk Intan.